The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-11-04


as proprietor Of the Daily Adronce
newspaper and Job Printing Estab-
lishment. made an assignment for
his creditors, swith Mr.. c, W.
Malone as assignee. There were sey-
eral preferred creditors, and two or
more parties who held mortgages en-
the property. the largest of the latter
class being Mr.. Richmond Pears
son.
It is understood that joint stock
company of Republicans, with May
or Harkins, Mr.. P. A. Cummings,
and Col. Lusk at its head, is being
organized to run the paper in the
interest of the Republican party.
The Adcdnce will thus assume,
without equivocation the position
it has practically occupied for the
past twelve months; Messrs Har-
kins & Co. relieving it hereafter Of
all sinister motiys and conduct and
placing it firmly andsquare!y where
it ought to have been long ago, and
where it would have been long ago
had there been any honesty in it,
management,
OF course it may be understood
now as hereafter that the Adrdnct
is TO bc run in certain Interests next
year, 10 suit the views Of Messrs
Harkins, Lusk Il &C.. regardless of
what may be the wish of the party
to which these gentlemen belong:
that is, to suit first, the aspirations
of Il certain Individual, and, using
this for all it may be worth, to he p
the republican party generally. This
is the arrangement for the future Of
the Adrdnce concern aud Il ttiose
who are organizing for its iuture
control.
1t is better that all parties should
take q fair and square position, i
there be any honesty in any Of them.
so the people may understand what
to expect and how to rely upon
them.
The AdcuHce has at last gotten
home, after an earnest struggle to
reach that goal.
The Whisky case now before the
supreme court Of the United States
involves the constitutionality of state
prohibition laws that do not provide
for compensation % whisky dealers
whose business is interfered with OIL
wiped out by such laws. This ques
ton has been discussed a good dea
of late, and its decision will be look
ed to with much interest. by prohi'
bitionists as well as by whisky deal
ers.
At the October term of the Su'
premc Court, 1855, theCourt hearc
argument and rendered decision
in the case Of S. Barksdale ct ais vs.
Commissioners of Sampson county
The point involved W., to state il
in brief: The State Constitution, un
der penalty, requires the public
schools to be kept open four months
III VIC cal. IlC CONSTITUTION lllII
its the taxation to 663 cents on the
SIoo worth of property and s. 90 on
the poll. The tax, within the limit
of the Constitution, would no. main
tain the schools the number OF
months requisite to meet the legal
requirement; therefore the Commits
sioners levied a larger tax The ex-
cess Mr.. Barlsda!c refused to pay.
The Supreme Court, Justice Merri-
mon dissenting, decided that the tax
could no: exceed the Constitutional
limitation The I'll this decision was
to make null tie requirement of a
four months school term Justice
Mer,imo" dis cntcl and held that,
inasmuch as in three Cases, which he
specifies, the Constitutional! limit of
taxation was exceeded, the Commss-
sioners, could exceed it for eiuca-
tional purposes in order to provide
four months school. The CONSTR
tuition declares that a tyllule t3 rnair-
tain 4 four months school shall sui -
ject the Commissioners to indict-
ment -Ralsigh Chronicle.